The National Park Service (NPS) today opened a 45-day public comment period that will inform a study of American Beach, a historic African American resort community on the Atlantic coast in north Florida, which is being evaluated for possible National Historic Landmark (NHL) designation.
Locations:New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
Date Released:2024-06-11
New Orleans, LA — Join us this June when African American elders and young culture-keepers
representing Louisiana’s Easter Rock and Georgia’s Gullah Geechee Ring Shout traditions come
together for the first time on one stage. They will share with the public Black spiritual practices
that date back to our nation’s antebellum era.
The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom accepted the Freedom Seekers of Timucuan Preserve, as one of 19 new listings, from the 47th round of applications, representing sites and programs in 10 states across the United States.
Celebrate birds at Jacksonville's national park, Timucuan Preserve! It provides thousands of acres of stopover habitat for birds (and butterflies) as they migrate through the area.
This free, family-friendly event is a chance for everyone to celebrate and explore the 7 Creeks Recreation Area which is made up of city, state, national and nonprofit wilderness preserves.
On February 17, 2024, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, a unit of the National Park Service, will host Kingsley Heritage Celebration at Kingsley Plantation. This special event is held every year to celebrate African heritage and remember the enslaved that lived here. This year, Kingsley Heritage Celebration will include a night-time luminary program with extended park hours.
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve is hosting the tenth Timucuan Science and History Symposium on Friday, January 26th, 2024 in partnership with Talbot Islands State Parks and Timucuan Parks Foundation.
Timucuan Parks Foundation and the National Park Service’s Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve have awarded $1000 and $500 grants, respectively, to two University of North Florida (UNF) students.
